336 Quotes by Jennifer Donnelly

Never take what’s offered, always ask for more.

Why is it that weeks and months and years go by so quickly, all in a blur, but moments last forever?

Love is a soft thing. It smells like woodsmoke and sounds like rain. It tastes like sugared apples. It costs nothing to give yet is more precious than a sea of diamonds.

Life can be so difficult, and stories help us escape those difficulties. It’s all right to lose yourself in one.

Believe that you can make your way. Or don’t. Either way, you are right.

For the rich boys who get to go to the Sorbonne even though they’re too stupid to solve a simple quadratic equation? For the viscount I was seated next to at a dinner who tried to put his hand up my skirt through all five courses? For the smug society ladies who look me up and down and purse their lips and say no, I won’t do for their sons because my chin is too pointed, my nose is too large, I talk too much about numbers?

I will rain down silver and gold for you. I will shatter the black night, break it open, and pour out a million stars. Turn away from the darkness, the madness, the pain. Open your eyes and know that I am here. That I remember and hope. Open your eyes and look at the light.

Didn’t Adelaide see what she was doing? Didn’t she understand that her brutal actions carried terrible consequences for her people? She was so vigilant, so worried about threats from her enemies. She raised armies, built warships – all to keep her people.

The truth can be a hard thing, Jo. It’s often best left hidden.